Everton vs. Chelsea Match preview
Another Saturday night, Chelsea takes a trip to Merseyside to face Everton in English Premier League at Goodison Park.
The West London side is aiming to go back to the top of the table if they can stretch their good run of form to five wins streak from six league matches.
Carlo Ancelotti prepares to face his former club aiming to fight it for a top-four spot, the host is five points behind their opponents sitting ninth place and they expect to lay three down to close the gap.
Chelsea on the other hand, sit on third with 22 points and may jump to the top-spot considering the results of the first and second contestants.
The hosts are coming into this clash from a 1-1 draw with Burnley in the last time out in EPL, while the Blues drew 1-1 with FC Krasnodar in the Champions League in the Midweek.
Match Facts
- Everton has won four times, drawn twice, and lost four times in their last ten matches in all competitions.
- The Toffees have failed to register any clean-sheet in the last ten matches in all competitions.
- Chelsea registered four clean-sheets in the last eight matches in all competitions.
- The Blues have featured in eleven Premier League matches, won six times, drawn four times, and lost once.
- Everton has registered two home win matches in the last five games of all competitions.
- Chelsea has won all five away matches in all competitions this season.
Everton vs. Chelsea Head to Head
The Blues have failed to register a win against Everton in the entire 2019 in the two matches. The Toffees won 2-0 and 3-1 respectively. In the last encounter, Chelsea thrashed Everton 4-0 in a Premier League tie that was held at Stamford Bridge.
Everton Team News
Everton will be missing the services of both Lucas Digne and Seamus Coleman who are nursing injuries. This is a huge blow to former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti who is aiming to get his side back to the track but consequently no adequate replacements ready to come in.
Fabian Delph, former Manchester City midfielder limped off in 29 minutes with injury and is expected to miss out. Ancelotti was hoping to have him as a short-term answer for his side but that won’t be the case.
Yerry Mina is likely to secure a spot on his height advantage to try and nullify Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud fancy around the goal area.
Chelsea Team News
Olivier Giroud is likely to be selected over Tammy Abraham for he has been impressive and he will be in line against Everton. He has six goals in his last eight appearances against Everton.
Callum Hudson-Odoi and Hakim Ziyech will be missing out, therefore Christian Pulisic will play alongside Timo Werner and Giroud in the front spot.
Mateo Kovacic and Kai Havertz are campaigning for one spot in midfield at the moment.
Everton vs. Chelsea Prediction
Chelsea seems to be more serious on Premier League title contesting and it’s hard to see who can stop their brilliant run of form and win streak. The Toffees have flopped since an encouraging start and it looks like the visitors can get their way upper hand first win at Goodison Park in three attempts.
Our topbets pundit is predicting away win and Betway is backing the results with 1.79 odds while 1XBet is giving 1.825 Odds.
Goals – Over 2.5
These two teams have occasionally produced more than two goals in their previous encounters the game ended 4-0 in favor of Chelsea; therefore chances of scoring more than three goals are likely to be recorded.
We expect more than two goals to be produced in this match therefore over 2.5 markets ascertained by our pundits
Betway are backing the goals with 1.58 while 1XBet is placing odds at 1.64.
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